Nutrition Basics
This nutrient helps build muscles and is found in meat, beans, and eggs.
What is protein?
Eating a variety of foods helps ensure you get these.
What are nutrients?
Smoking mainly affects this organ you use to breathe.
What are the lungs?
This organ pumps blood throughout your body.
What is the heart?
Choosing water instead of soda helps reduce this (often too high in sugary drinks).
What is sugar?
This vitamin is commonly found in citrus fruits and helps your immune system.
What is vitamin C?
This food group includes apples, carrots, and spinach.
What are fruits and vegetables?
This addictive substance is found in cigarettes.
What is nicotine?
You use these to breathe in oxygen.
What are the lungs?
Reading this on food packages helps you make healthier choices.
What is the nutrition label?
This mineral helps keep your bones strong and is found in milk.
What is calcium?
Drinking enough of this keeps you hydrated.
What is water?
Smoking can increase your risk of this serious disease (often affects lungs).
What is cancer (or lung cancer)?
This habit helps keep your teeth and gums healthy.
What is brushing and flossing your teeth?
Avoiding smoking helps reduce your risk of many what?
What are diseases (or health problems)?
This type of fat is considered healthier and is found in avocados and nuts.
What are healthy fats (unsaturated fats)?
This type of food is often high in sugar and should be limited (chips, candy).
What are junk foods (or processed snacks)?
Secondhand smoke means breathing in smoke from this.
What is someone else’s cigarette (or another person smoking)?
Doctors recommend getting this many hours of sleep for good health (range is okay).
What is 7–9 hours (or appropriate sleep range)?
Eating too much fast food can lead to this condition involving extra body weight.
What is obesity (or being overweight)?
This nutrient gives your body energy and is found in bread and pasta.
What are carbohydrates?
This meal is considered the most important of the day.
What is breakfast?
Smoking can make this organ work harder (it pumps blood).
What is the heart?
This activity helps keep your body fit and strong.
What is exercise?
Talking to this type of professional can help you make healthy choices.